writeLines
Syntax
writeLines(handle, object, [offset=0], [length], [windowsLineEnding])
Arguments
length is the number of lines from the handle to read.
Details
Write a given number of lines to the handle.
Examples
$ timer(10){
$ x=rand(`IBM`MSFT`GOOG`YHOO`ORCL,10240)
$ eachRight(writeLine, file("test.txt","w"),x)
$ fin = file("test.txt")
$ do{ y=fin.readLine() } while(!y.isVoid())
$ fin.close()
$ };
Time elapsed: 277.548 ms
$ timer(10){
$ x=rand(`IBM`MSFT`GOOG`YHOO`ORCL,10240)
$ file("test.txt","w").writeLines(x)
$ fin = file("test.txt")
$ do{ y=fin.readLines(1024) } while(y.size()==1024)
$ fin.close()
$ };
Time elapsed: 28.003 ms